Venkaiah Naidu says PM Modi will start work on Smarty City projects on 25 June

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said pm Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate work on Smart City projects from Pune on 25 June.

The works would start simultaneously in 20 cities across the country, Naidu said, adding that development of some cities as ‘smart cities’ would motivate others also to work for progress.

“It is like a light house. If there is a light house, everybody would look at that. If some smart cities are developed, there will be competition among others also, municipalities will increase their revenue and things will improve,” he said here.

The NDA government had announced its ambitious Smart City scheme on 25 June last year.

Naidu, according to the PTI said that Modi was leading the country on the path of progress with innovative thinking and out of the box ideas and cited examples such as supplying neem-coated urea and massive construction of highways.

The Union minister stressed that “reform, perform and transform” is the motto of the NDA government and Modi.

“We can proudly say that it is Narendra Modi who is the reformer, performer and transformer of the country,” he said.

Referring to Congress’ dig at him for praising the Prime Minister, Naidu, who has in the past described Modi as “God’s gift to India” and “messiah of the poor”, wondered why it could not be done for good work and asked if only “one family”, after whom roads, airports and even canals are named in the country, should be praised all the time.

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